Doctor’s say- Eat Lots Of Onions, eeks And Garlic To Slash Your hance Of Getting Deadly Dowel ancer might make you unpopular in confined spaces, but at ast you’ve now got plenty of excuse to add extra nions to your hotdog. Allium vegetables, which also clude garlic, leeks, chives and shallots dramatically ut the risk of bowel cancer, a study claims. he study of more than 1,600 men and women found ose with the biggest intake were 79 per cent less kely to develop bowel cancer than those with the least. ioactive compounds in allium vegetables have reviously been shown to protect against breast and rostate cancer. enior author of the latest study Dr Zhi Li, of the First ospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, said: The greater the amount of allium vegetables, the better e protection.”The researchers found eating at least 5lb a year could reduce bowel cancer risk. This would e around one and a half ounces a day equivalent to an nion. he study, published in the Asia Pacific Jou...